Sentences with phrase «while deep brain stimulation»

While deep brain stimulation may improve function compared with those who do not receive it, little evidence exists on whether the treatment has any benefits to life expectancy.

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While receiving deep brain stimulation, rats showed a noticeable improvement in treadmill walking speed and endurance.

While the results suggest that deep brain stimulation could improve survival rates for patients with Parkinson's disease, the researchers note a few limitations to the study.

While optogenetics is used only in animal models, Gittis said she believes their findings could create a new, more effective deep brain stimulation protocol.

For example, during each of the first three blocks of the test, Subject 1 received deep - brain stimulation while navigating to stores 1, 3, and 5 but not to stores 2, 4, and 6; Subject 2, on the other hand, received deep - brain stimulation while navigating to stores 2, 4, and 6 but not to stores 1, 3, and 5.

While it's far too early to know whether deep brain stimulation helps those with early Alzheimer's, the initial findings suggest the technique is worth further study, said lead researcher Dr. Andres Lozano.